An Act Making appropriations for the Executive Office and sundry independent executive bureaus, boards, commission, corporations, agencies, and offices, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952, and for other purposes

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Summary

The sum of $2,391,200 is appropriated for salaries and expenses for the Smithsonian Institution including: necessary expenses for the preservation, exhibition, and increase of collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government and from other sources; for the system of international exchanges between the United States and foreign countries; for anthropological researches among the American Indians and the excavation and preservation of archeological remains; for maintenance of the Astrophysical Observatory; for the administration of the National Collection of Fine Arts; for the administration and for the construction and maintenance of laboratory and other facilities on Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone; and for the maintenance and administration of a national air museum.

Also for purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards and elevator conductors; repairs and alterations of buildings and approaches; and preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations for publications. The sum of $1,154,000 is appropriated for salaries and expenses of the National Gallery of Art including: the upkeep and operation of the National Gallery of Art, the protection and care of the works of art therein; payment in advance when authorized for membership in library, museum, art associations or societies whose publications or services are available to members only; purchase, repair, and cleaning of uniforms for guards and elevator operators; purchase or rental of devices and services for protecting buildings and contents thereof; maintenance and repair of buildings, approaches, and grounds; and not to exceed $15,000 for restoration and repair of works of art.